scholarly journals Migrant entrepreneurship, value-creation practices and urban transformation in São Paulo, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Lugosi ◽  
Thiago Allis
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
Specific Food

This paper examines the entrepreneurial practices of migrants, including refugees, establishing and operating businesses providing food, hospitality, leisure, tourism and events-related services and experiences. Drawing on empirical data gathered in São Paulo, Brazil, the study conceptualises how migrants create cultural ‘goods’ (encompassing material objects, services and experiences), which have been subjected to valuation processes. The paper considers the practices through which migrants mobilise identities, histories, and culturally-specific knowledge as resources in constructing experiential propositions. Moreover, we distinguish between five sets of practices: objectification of self; aestheticisation of otherness; authentication of place-specific food experiences; constructing hospitality venues as cultural spaces; and vitrine-ing (creating platforms for showcasing migrant talent). We discuss the potential consequences of these practices for migrants, consumers, urban environments and their residents, and identify avenues for future research.

scholarly journals Determinantes sociais e estado de saúde na população adulta usuária do Programa de Expedições Científicas e Assistenciais (PECA) da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Araraquara, São Paulo, 2019 / Social determinants and health status in the adult population using the Programa de Expedições Científicas e Assistenciais (PECA) of the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Araraquara, São Paulo, 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Alice Botelho de Mesquita ◽  
Mariana Matos de Vasconcelos ◽  
Aline Borges Moreira da Rocha ◽  
Letícia Coelho Altevato ◽  
Nivaldo Carneiro Junior
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Access To Health

Introdução: A extensão universitária é uma missão estratégica para a educação profissional e interprofissional, pois possibilita ao aluno vivenciar ações concretas, voltadas a determinadas realidades socio-sanitárias. O Programa de Expedições Científicas e Assistenciais (PECA), fundado em 2004, é uma das importantes atuações nessa área da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP), desenvolvendo ações de assistência integral à saúde em municípios paulistas, através de parcerias com os gestores municipais de saúde. Conhecer os determinantes sociais de saúde dos usuários do PECA emerge como um eixo importante na atuação desse Programa. Objetivo: Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar aspectos relacionados às condições de vida, acesso aos serviços e possíveis implicações no estado de saúde da população adulta, usuária do PECA, na cidade de Araraquara, São Paulo, no ano de 2019. Método: Para tanto, realizou-se estudo transversal, abordagem quantitativa e amostra de conveniência. Aplicou-se questionário estruturado, contendo perguntas sobre condições sociocomunitárias, fatores de risco e de proteção à saúde, acesso aos serviços socioculturais e de saúde. A população amostral foi composta por adultos (igual a e/ou maior de 18 anos de idade), atendidos no PECA, realizado na cidade de Araraquara, São Paulo, no mês de janeiro 2019. As informações coletadas foram digitadas na plataforma digital REDCap (https://redcap.fcmsantacasasp. edu.br). Foi realizada análise de prevalência e associação, empregando o teste Odds Ratio (OR), com intervalo de confiança 95%. Resultado: Participaram 338 usuários, 69% do total atendidos no PECA na faixa etária elegível por essa pesquisa. A maioria é do sexo feminino com idades entre 18 a 59 anos. Branco é a cor autodeclarada mais observada e 42,6% referem-se casados. Metade dos entrevistados afirma não ter acesso a bens culturais. Constata-se baixa frequência de práticas físicas nessa população. A maioria utiliza a rede assistencial do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), sendo a Unidade Básica de Saúde o serviço mais acessado. Conclusão: O baixo consumo de bens culturais expressa potencialmente condições de vulnerabilidade social. A não realização de atividade física é fator de não proteção para a saúde. São usuários dos serviços públicos de saúde, particularmente os de atenção primária, fato que corrobora a importância do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) na garantia do acesso universal. As dimensões envolvidas com os modos de andar a vida da população adulta e idosa que utilizaram os serviços ofertados pelo PECA, na cidade de Araraquara, ampliam o olhar sobre os sujeitos cuidados, contribuindo, desse modo, para qualificar a atuação da extensão universitária da FCMSCSP.Palavras-chave: Extensão universitária, Determinação social, Autopercepção de saúde, Condições de vida ABSTRACTIntroduction: The university extension course is a strategic task to professional and interprofessional education as it allows the student to experience concrete action towards specific social-sanitary conditions. The “Programa de Expedições Científicas e Assistenciais” (PECA), founded in 2004, it is one of the most important initiative by Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo in this field. PECA implements actions of integral health assistance in cities of State of São Paulo through partnership with cities health officials. It is a significant aspect of PECA to know the social factors which affect users’ health. Aim: This article aims to analyze features related to life conditions, access to health services and potential health effects on an adult population from Araraquara (São Paulo) in 2019. Method: The research is a transversal study with quantitative approach and convenience sampling. A structured questionnaire was applied asking about social conditions, access to sociocultural and health services, factors of risk and health protection. The sample includes adults (18 years old or more) attended by PECA in Araraquara in January 2019. Data gathered were recorded on digital platform REDCap (https://redcap.fcmsantacasasp.edu.br). It was done an analysis of prevalence and association through Odds Ratio (OR) test, with 95% confidence interval. Result: Took part of the research 338 users, which equals 69% of PECA users within the research rage age. Most are female, between the ages of 18 and 59. White is the most self-declared color and 42.6% are married. Half claims to not have access to cultural goods. There is a low frequency of physical activities and the majority uses the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) (Unidade Básica de Saúde is the most demanded service). Conclusion: The low levels of cultural goods consumption express potential condition of social vulnerability and the lack of physical activity is a risk factor to health. These people are users of health public services, particularly of primary attention. This fact shows the importance of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) to secure universal access to health. The several aspects of the way of life of the population which has made use of PECA in Araraquara broad the perspective on them and may improve initiatives from university extension courses of FCMSCSP.Keywords: University extension courses, Social determinants, Health status, Life conditions -

scholarly journals Patents valuation in core innovation: case study of a Brazilian public university

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Basile Tukoff-Guimarães ◽  
Claudia Terezinha Kniess ◽  
Renato Penha ◽  
Mauro Silva Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Public University ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Valuation Methods

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how technology transfer offices (TTOs) of a public university of the state of São Paulo use patent valuation methods in the process of using developed technology value and transferring technology to industry. Design/methodology/approach This study is an exploratory qualitative investigation based on a case study conducted in a public university in the state of São Paulo. The university has a TTO and an internal structure for technology transfer. In-depth interviews were conducted with the TTO manager about patent valuation and the answers given were analysed. Findings The results on how TTOs use patent valuation methods in the process of assigning value to technology indicate which factors facilitate and which factors hinder the valuation of patents in technologies developed at universities. Research limitations/implications The possible lack of data disclosure due to confidentiality regarding royalties and trading fees makes further comparisons between Brazilian public universities difficult. Therefore, this study recommends that further studies on patent valuation and technology transfer process at private universities, research institutes and public and private companies should be performed. Practical implications In the practice, this study contributes to companies and TTOs by increasing their synergies in licensing negotiations, as well as by reducing the gap of information, between the business parties for assignment and transfer of technologies. With regard to theoretical contribution, this study can cite advances in the methods to measure the financial benefits arising from the valuation of technologies embedded in the patents. Originality/value Owing to the lack of research on the methods of valuation used by TTOs of Brazilian universities, the present study can be useful in serving as a theoretical source for future research and in supporting future TTO negotiations in the process of transferring technologies to productive industry.

The Import of a Narrative : The Role of Aesthetics and Discursive Elements in Fabricating Change in the Centre of São Paulo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Kalichman ◽  
Beatriz Rufino
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
York City ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Past

This chapter examines the use of aesthetic and discursive elements in the production of a narrative about República, a district in the central area of São Paulo (Brazil) that has been transformed through a real estate boom in the past ten years. We focus on newly built studio apartments, and on the efforts to differentiate them from the quitinetes, apartments with similar features built in the 1950s and 1960s that have been heavily stigmatized. We situate our analysis of this purposeful urban transformation within a context intertwined with urban marketing, publicity, and image making. Our research shows the strong presence of an industrial aesthetic in the area, which we understand as being a deliberate echo of the gentrification process that took place in SoHo in New York City in the 1970s.

scholarly journals The City of São Paulo's Environmental Quota: A Policy to Embrace Urban Environmental Services and Green Infrastructure Inequalities in the Global South

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Mantey Domingues Caetano ◽  
Hélia Maria Santa Bárbara Pereira ◽  
Lara Cavalcanti Ribeiro Figueiredo ◽  
Patrícia Marra Sepe ◽  
Leandro Luiz Giatti
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Global South ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The City

In 2013 the urban authority for São Paulo city, Brazil, was interested in incorporating environmental aspects into the urban licensing process of diverse urban developments. To overcome concepts related simply to soil sealing, the initiative gave rise to a wide range of principles associated with environmental services and the consideration that green areas in this megacity are unequally distributed. Given the costs involved in analyzing each case and the legal uncertainty among entrepreneurs, it has become a tradition in Brazil for authorities in charge of urban licensing to follow general regulations rather than case-by-case studies, except in high-impact developments. In response, the São Paulo municipal government developed during the period from 2013 to 2016 a governing instrument to deal with these issues, known as the Environmental Quota (EQ). For that, the following guiding principles were established: (a) it should have a solid theoretical basis, with incentives for consistent public participation; (b) it should be flexible in such a way that it can provide a general framework within which a project designer can make decisions, rather than a set of rigidly determined solutions; and (c) it should consider inequalities in the availability of urban green infrastructure throughout the city. This paper will first detail the political-institutional context in which the EQ and its guidelines were established and implemented, then provide a general overview of the tool and the theoretical frameworks within which it was developed, and, finally, discuss the complex social decision-making process of its legal constraints. Moreover, it analyzes the implementation and application of the EQ to examine its effectiveness and how it relates to the city's gentrification. Furthermore, it is considered the replicability potential of the EQ to expand both the supply and distribution of green infrastructure and environmental services throughout the urban environment and, thus, contribute toward mitigating the intricate problems of urban environments in the Global South.

Use of geoprocessing in the study of land degradation in urban environments: the case of the city of São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 727-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nívea Adriana Dias Pons ◽  
Osni José Pejon ◽  
Lázaro Valentin Zuquette
Keyword(s):  
Land Degradation ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Three new species of Mesabolivar (Aranea, Pholcidae) from leaf litter in urban environments in the city of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éwerton O. Machado ◽  
Antonio D. Brescovit ◽  
David F. Candiani ◽  
Bernhard A. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Urban Forest ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Forest Remnants ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
The City

In this study we describe three new litter inhabiting species of Mesabolivar González-Sponga, 1998 from nine urban forest remnants in the metropolitan region of the city of São Paulo, Brazil: M. forceps, M. mairyara and M. cavicelatus. In three of these remnants, we conduced a three year sampling using pitfall traps. Mesabolivar forceps sp. nov. was the most abundant pholcid (n=273 adults), always present in the samples, but with highest numbers in spring and summer. Mesabolivar mairyara sp. nov. was the second most abundant species (n=32), but the majority of individuals were collected in March 2001. Only three individuals of M. cavicelatus sp. nov. were collected.

scholarly journals Rare earth elements, U and Th in tunnel dusts of São Paulo city, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Mendes Nory ◽  
Ana Maria Graciano Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Mass Fractions ◽  
Dust Composition

São Paulo is one of the most populated cities in the world, with about 20 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, more than 12 million motor vehicles and intense industrial activity. Given its importance as a major urban center in South America and the lack of information concerning urban dust composition, the present study aimed to determine rare earth elements (REEs), U and Th mass fractions in tunnel dust, collected in the Jânio Quadros Tunnel, and to assess their possible sources. The study of REEs distribution in urban environments has become of interest over the last decades, due to the increasing industrial use of these elements. The REEs, that are as common as the most familiar metals, are found in metallurgical additives, fluid cracking catalysts and automobile converter catalysts, among other applications. In this study, which employed Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) as analytical technique, the mass fractions of eight REEs were determined and normalized to the chondrite concentration values. The results showed that major concentrations were found for light REEs, following the sequence Ce > La > Nd > Sm > Yb > Eu > Tb > Lu. The pattern of the results pointed to a natural origin for these elements. Regarding U and Th concentrations, the results varied between 1.0 – 9.4 µg g-1 and 3.3 – 35.9 µg g-1, respectively. Since there is almost no information about the concentration of these elements in this kind of matrix in São Paulo city, these data are important to support further investigations.

scholarly journals Occurrences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and first reports of Panstrongylus geniculatus in urban environments in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Ceretti-Junior ◽  
Daniel Pagotto Vendrami ◽  
Marco Otavio de Matos-Junior ◽  
Aline Rimoldi-Ribeiro ◽  
Julia Vono Alvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The City ◽  
Panstrongylus Geniculatus

scholarly journals CITIES, STAGES AND AUDIENCES: RIO DE JANEIRO AND SÃO PAULO IN TWO ACTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-519
Author(s):  
Heloisa Pontes ◽  
Rafael do Nascimento Cesar
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Linear Movement ◽  
The 19Th Century

Abstract The article analyses the theatrical scene in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo at two significant moments of the cultural and urban history of the two cities. The first traces back to the end of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century, when theatre enabled the symbolic translation of the hierarchies structuring social life in Rio de Janeiro's belle époque. The second moment, spanning the 1940s and 1950s, follows the process of synchronization between São Paulo's drama scene and the European stages. This comparative approach comprises a sociological experiment. On one hand, it attempts to observe the not always linear movement of absorption and expansion of this art (acting) in urban environments pushed by the investment in culture as a means and substrate for the crystallization of diverse elements of the modernity then evolving. On the other, it attempts to show the transformations of gender relations in the acting milieu by comparing two trajectories: Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847-1935) and Cacilda Becker (1921-1969).

scholarly journals Ant Community Structure (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Two Neighborhoods with Different Urban Profiles in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcione Piva ◽  
Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Species ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Ant Community ◽  
Ecological Relationships ◽  
Tapinoma Melanocephalum ◽  
The City ◽  
Ant Community Structure

Some ant species are highly abundant in cities, may form huge unicolonial populations with thousands of individuals able to displace native fauna, and impoverish ecological relationships in urban environments. In this work, we study the ant community in two neighborhoods with different urban profiles, one recently populated and another from the 1900s in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Two hundred and ninety houses were sampled with baits for ant collections. Results show that the recent urbanized neighborhood with greater disturbance favors opportunistic and dominant species to colonize it, likeTapinoma melanocephalum. We also made a temporal analysis in the ancient neighborhood, collecting ants after ten years from a first survey.T. melanocephalumhas a broader range than ten years ago, displaced other ant species, but confronts withPheidole megacephalathat was not found in the recent urbanized neighborhood.

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